VGM Hall Of Fame: Suikoden III - Exceeding Love (Opening) 

I can't believe I've been listening to this song for 16 years.

A masterpiece of a song very few can ever achieve, a song sang with a language that does not exist and is yet able to touch the hearts of many from all cultures.

It's not often that a game managed to 'force' me to watch the OP FMV *every* *single* *time* I played a game. This one did. The music is great, the video is breathtaking. If each part of the FMVs is an anime style of what happens in the game, then you picture where it fits as you play. It's amazing. Only one other game came close to Suikoden 3 on that side. Wild Arms 3's intro. It wasn't the most amazing game I played, but the opening FMV was fun, and it actually changed depending on what part of the game you were in as well, giving you an extra reason to watch it. Wild Arms 1 and 2 OP were equally fun to watch, but not necessarily every time though. And more recently, Tales of Graces F had me rewatching the intro almost every time, so pretty and such a great song too, a rare case of a japanese artist making an official english version of their song, and it was used for the english release. White Wishes is still in my playlist today. The last one I can think of is Star Ocean on PSP (First Departure). Such a fun song/video to watch over and over.

Chill running in my spine whenever this epic ost goes waaaaeee waaaaahhhhh waaaeee

a very good song, sharply expressive.

This song always remind of Luc. The pain, the loneliness and how he crave for freedom ; from control and his curse

Damn...out of all the Suikoden games I've played, _this_ one is my favorite. Everything and everyone! Hugo and the family, Ayla, Chris and her knights, Geddoe and his cast of goofballs!

I remember being a kid and just restarting my system to just repeat this over and over. Glad this is on RU-vid.

Somehow this song managed to resurface in my dreams despite my not having listened to it for years. Still a great song, too.

I watched Dune 2021 last night and was reminded of this.

Suikoden 3 is my favorite in the series! ❤

I so wish this was on spotify

I played this game so much that EVERY single character had maxed out weapon upgrades... Can't believe I did that in hind sight cause I would NEVER do so again.

Such a beautiful and nostalgic opening theme, Suikoden III never fails to capture the essence of love and adventure in its music!

OMG this got me in the feels

Suikoden III Main Characters: Hugo, Chris, Geddoe, Thomas, Luc, Albert, Sarah and Yuber

Best game opening ever made in my op!...

So damn good!

Can't....stop....listening...dood?!

Randomly my brother asked me “what was that game with the awesome intro” and I randomly out of no where spouted this game. Crazy how a game with such an amazing intro affected soo many in this positive way.

Finding the lyrics to this song is utter hell still searching.

Good job Yuber!

The only really memorable piece of music from the third installment of this game series, at least as far as I've gotten. Props to Himekami and the writers! (And of course, a requisite slow clap for everyone who decided budget shouldn't have gone into making all the rest of the VGM as epic as this.) #GensoSuikoden #SuikodenIII #VideoGameMusic #regrets

Never played a Suikoden game but holy shit, this slaps.

Remake this for PS4 or Xbox 1!

This reminds me Ghost in the Shell.

3 July 2021

I have no idea about this game. I'm here because of the blue eyed samurai. RIP Andy Hug

Don't forget to check Eiyuden Chronicle its supposed to be a spiritual successor for Suikoden.

I like this ethnic group song 😊

Hugo, Chris l, guy with eyepatch

I like 3 better than 2

Any one know how to get to the game for ps4. Not betting this game is one of my greatest regrets and I must fix it.

I don't even like 3 and I have to admit this might be the best opening in the series.

It's not Ghost in the Shell good, but it's a rather fine emulation of Kenji Kawai's work.

I had a feeling there was a reason this song and Suikoden III popped up in my mind. It's the 20th anniversary of this game's release today.

Suikoden 2, 5 and 3 are the highlights of my life

One of my favorite opening themes of all time. Currently in chapter 4 of the game, been going back playing my old RPG collection. Beat Xenogears, Suikoden 1 and Suikoden 2 so far.

That last part with the violin ❤️❤️

I want more songs like this one. I was listening to Himekami works and definitely you can hear the style. But missing some elements and THE VOCALS, oh the vocals...

I've been playing since original release of the original Suikoden. Suikoden 2 gods, personally the best one. But this intro to 3 got to love it.

Every boy in my era has that special bond between them and a ps2 game. Still my favorite game to date other than Skyrim

Suikoden 1, 2, 3, and 5 are such great games

What a beautiful intro (and animation too!)

Best opening theme for anything, PERIOD! Just discovered this after finishing Suikoden II on the PS3, got 3 immediatly after and HOLY SHIT what an opening. The theme is nothing less than a religious experience.

Little matchstick girl.

alisamakora on April 11th 2010, 9:31 pm @Goldsac actually, they probably are singing actual words. the only problem is lack of translators who KNOW the language. the group who sang this: Himekami, is a semi-traditional taiko(drum dance) group. they sing in a very, very ancient Japanese language thats become obsolete today. Its very hard to translate, and not many people learn how to, from what I hear. So it might be gibberish, it might be that language. Whos to say?

I have this game but I've never beaten it because at end of the game I don't have all the characters(108 stars of destiny) and my of Geddoe,Jacques,Queen,Ace and Joker and Edge as my party I think party is around lvl 60. But I can't beat the final boss.

Peak fiction

Andy Hug brought me here

*"War... War never change..."*

This song is the reason I played and finished the game, once I started to play and heard it I thought this game must be very special to have an opening this beautiful

Odd how the story popped up por mi tu remind me of this story

How much i love this opening 😍❤️❤️

I managed to play all the series from suikoden I-V, except for those released on portable consoles... My least favorite is IV and the one I like the most are II and V, but overall it's the best JRPG series I've played since I was a kid.

The shouting kind of ruins this for me, sorry.